Jordan Stolte cuts Dan King's hair at the Battle Square Barber Shop in the Grove Arcade. Proposed new taxes would include sales taxes on services such as hair cuts.

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Clarke Morrison

At Battle Square Barber Shop downtown, owner Ron Weaver views a state proposal to tax haircuts and other services about the same way he feels about credit card fees.

"It's just eating into our bottom line," he said. "It definitely will impact our sales. I think more than anything it's going to affect the tips. We do a lot of senior citizens on fixed income, and they just have X amount of money to spend.

"We already had to raise our prices because of credit card fees. For a $20 card swipe, it's another dollar that we lose because of the fees that we have to pass along to the consumer." ...